The Chilton Socks are stylish and polished knit socks with a fold-over ruffle and a clean cabled design throughout the foot. They look beautiful styled with a variety of shoes including loafers, booties, and fun heels. Construction-wise, the socks are knit from the top down starting with the ruffle, which is knit alongside a short stockinette stitch section that is then folded over for a folded cuff. The sock employs a traditional heel flap and gusset as well as an anatomical toe for a better fit. Stay chic all year round with the Chilton Socks!

Sizes
1 (2, 3) to fit foot circumference of 7 (8, 9) in [18, (20, 23) cm]. Length is adjustable for both the leg and foot of the sock depending on preference and foot size.

Yarn
260 (350, 440) yards [240 (320, 400) meters] of fingering-weight yarn optionally held together with the same amount of lace-weight mohair yarn. You will need more yarn if you are planning to make a longer sock (either in the leg or foot), although these yardages already have an extra 15% as buffer.

The pictured sample was knit in a size 2 and used less than 1 skein of Madelinetosh Twist Light (75% merino wool, 25% nylon/polyamide, 473yd/433m per 118g skein) in the colorway Natural held together with less than 2 skeins of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk, 246yd/225m per 25g skein) in the colorway Cloud.

Note: You can knit this pattern with only a fingering-weight yarn and no mohair strand as long as you achieve gauge (several test knitters did so with good results). However, the only thing I want to note is that I’ve found white fingering-weight yarn looks a bit holey without the extra strand of mohair held alongside it.

Gauge
32 sts and 44 rows in stockinette stitch to 4” [10 cm] on US 1.5 [2.5mm] needles or needles needed to obtain gauge, after blocking.

Needles & Notions

• US 1.5 [2.5 mm] circular needles for working the sock, or whatever size needles are needed to achieve gauge as mentioned above
• Recommended cable length will vary depending on your preferred method for working in a small circumference (typically either 9” circulars, DPNs, or a longer length circular needle for magic loop).
• Note: You may need a longer length circular needle to work the ruffle, which requires casting on a large number of stitches and decreasing rapidly.
• Cable needle
• Removable stitch markers
• Tapestry needle

Note on knitting in the round: This pattern is not too prescriptive about how to knit socks in the round since I know many sock knitters have their own preferences between knitting on DPNs, magic loop, 9” circulars, or other techniques. However, the pattern is written sometimes referring to needle 1 and needle 2 (N1 and N2) which is most intuitive for magic loop. You can also use stitch markers to denote N1 and N2 if you are using a different technique of working in the round.

Video tutorial: If you would like more detailed guidance on how to knit the Chilton Socks, you can purchase the video tutorial add-on for the pattern on my website here. The video is over 50 minutes long with detailed descriptions of each technique in the pattern plus discussion of pros and cons of supplies and needle options for sock knitting.

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